Sectional table or bench.



No. 677,442. Patanted July 2, I90I. G. M. EAMES.

SECTIONAL TABLE 0R BENCH.

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ATTORNEY W/ TNE SSE S No. 677,442. Patented July 2, I90I. G. M. EAMES.

SEJTICINAL TABLE 0R B ENCH.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1901.) Y (No Model.) 2 Sheets-*Sheet 2.

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A 7TOHNE Y i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IWLEAMES, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO .THE WHEELER da WILSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SVECTIONALTABLE OR BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,442, dated July 2, 1901;. l Application filed April 13, 1901l Serial No. 55,711. (No model.)

To` all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. EAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the countyof Fairlieldand State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sectional Tables or Benches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to work tables or benches made in sections, and especially to the manner of securing the abutting ends of he sections forming the work-surface of the able or bench.

Theobject of my invention is to provide a Jork-table which may be easily assembled or erected in position for use without requiring any great degree of skill and at the same .".ime at a considerable reduction in the labor iecessary.

My invention consists in a table or bench composed of sections and supporting-legs, raid sections having suitablyconstructed clamping knees or brackets applied thereto and adapted to be bolted together and provided with adj usting-screws mounted therein, so as to exert a pressure between the supporting-legs and clamping-knees for the purpose of holding said sections tightly upon the supporting-legs and also to afford a limited lengthwise adjustment of said sections.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a plan view of a work-table composed of sections having their ends butt-jointed and secured together in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of said table. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the abutting ends of two of the middle sections of said table, taken on the line x o: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken on the line y y of Fig; 4. Fig. .6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but taken in a plane intersecting one of the end sections of the table. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the clamping-knees, such as are attached to the middle sections; and Fig. 8 is a perspective View of one of the clamping-knees for the end sections.

In carrying out my invention as shown in the drawings I use main or middle sections l, supported upon the legs or standards 2, the upper surfaces of which legs are made flat and of sufficient width for the abutting ends of the sections l to rest upon.

3 and 4 are clamping-knees secured to the under surface of the sections l, near the respective ends of the latter, in such position as to insure the proper alinement of the boltholes 5 in said clamping-knees.

6 represents tie-bolts or other fastenings vfitted within the holes 5 made therefor, by 'means of which the respective clampingknees and said sections to which they are `fixed are bolted together.

7 and 8 are adjusting-screws tapped inthe frespective clamping-knees 3 4, preferably obliquely with relation to the bottom surface of the table. The ends of said adj usting-screws bear against the legs 2 in such manner as to force the table-sections downwardly thereon, and I prefer to provide inclined abutments 9 upon said legs, against which said screws bear.

The clamping-knees l0 for the end sections ll (only one shown) of the table are made precisely similar to the clamping-knees 3 4, eX- cept that an extension or linger l2 is formed on and depends from each of said clampingknees 10 and isadapted to bear against the adjacent supporting-leg 2 to prevent said end section Il being tilted downwardly by tightening of either the tie-bolts 6 or adjustingscrews 7 8.

In the practical application of my improvement the table-sections l and ll are manufactured and supplied to the trade with the clamping-knees screwed in proper position thereon, and in erecting a table in position for use the legs 2 are iirst secured in proper position to the door. The table-sections are then placed upon the supporting-legs, and the parts are then bolted together, as previously described. The adjusting screws 7 8 are then manipulated to force the bolted sections tightly down upon the supporting-legs. In case a limited lengthwise adjustment of the table-sections is required the same may be obtained by loosening one of the screws 7 8 and tightening the other, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 4 and 5.

In the drawings I have shown my improved IOO v as a double table being illustrated, each of the various sections l being provided with an opening 13 for the reception of a sewing-machine and a Work-trough 14 separating the two rows of table-sections; but of courseI do ,notiwish to be confined to this particular construction of table, since my invention is equally applicable to tables or Work-benches for various other uses.

What I claim isl. In a sectional Work-table, the combination of supporting-legs with table-sections mounted thereon, clamping-knees fixed to said sections and bolted together, and adjust-A ing-screws carried by said clamping-knees and cooperating therewith and with thesupporting `#legs to force said table-sections against and hold them in position upon said legs, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sectional Work-table, thev cornbination of supporting-legs withr table-sections mounted thereon, clamping kneesY fixed toY said sections and bolted together, and ad` justing-screws carried by said clampingknees and cooperating therewith and with the su pporting-legs to permit a limited length- Wise adjustment of said sections and to forcey the sections against "and hold them in posiY tion upon said legs, substantially as setfortl.

3. In a sectional Work-table, the combination o supporting-legs with table-'sections mounted thereon, clamping-knees applied to said sections and bolted together, and adjusting'-lsicrvewsy tapped insaid clanipingknees and adaptedvv to bear against saidsupporting'f-v lelS, ubstantially as set forth.

et. In a sectional table, the combination of supporting-legs provided with inclined abutments, table-sections mounted on, said legs, clamping-knees applied to' said sections and bolted together, and adj usting-screws tapped in said clamping-knees and adapted to bear against the inclined abutments formed on said supporting-legs, substantially as set- Yforth.

5. In a sectional table, the combination of supporting legs,l table sections mounted thereon, clamping-knees applied to said sections and bolted together, one of said clamping-knees being provided With a finger or eX- tension adapted to bear against an adjacent w supporting-leg, and adj ustings-crews tapped in said clamping-knees and adapted to bear against said supporting-legs, substantially as ',set forth.

6. A sectional. Work table or bench, having a Series 0f SGC-tiene'butt-jointed!Clarigknes'applied w the adjacent @nasser-singt sections, supporting-legs arranged between adjacent knees and receiving the albutilizingv ends of the sections, and means'to connect the knees about the legs, substantially as set forth. 7. A sectional work table or bench, havingd a series of sections butt-jointed,"clamping? knees applied to the adjacent endsofs'ueh sections, supporting-legs arranged be,tu/feiertC adjacent knees and receiving the labutting ends of the sections, means to connect the knees about the legs, and means toadjust the Sections about` the"'1egs', substantially smet forth;

Intestimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hand this 12th day of April, A. 15.190,1.

' l GEORGE M. EAllIYES, \Yitnesses:

C. N. WoRrnnN, E. I. VAN HORN.

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 677,442.

It is hereby certified that in Letters` Patent No. 677,442, granted July 2, 1901, upon the application of George M. Eames, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, for an improvement in Sectional Tables or Benches, errors appear in the printed specieation requiring correction, as follows; In line l, page 1, the Word drawings 7 should read Single illustration given; in line 6l, saine page, the Word represents should read are; and in line 54, page 2, the compound Word adjustings-crews should read adjustingsorews and that the said Letters` Patent should be read with these Corrections therein the Patent Ooe.

of July, A. D., 1901.

F. L. CAMPBELL, Assistmtt Secretary of the Inter-tor'.

that the saine may conform to the record of the ease in Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 16th day [SEAL] Countersigned E. B., MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

